Immunotherapy for Pediatric Malignancies
This book provides a comprehensive overview of current immunotherapy strategies, and how these may be applicable to childhood cancers. The first part of the book reviews how the immune system recognizes cancer, and the various escape mechanisms allowing tumour growth. The importance of the tumor mic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2018, 2018
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to Pediatric Cancer Immunotherapy
- Overcoming immune suppression in the tumor microenvironment: Implications for multi-modal therapy
- Allogeneic stem cell transplantation
- Overview of monoclonal antibody therapies
- Monoclonal Antibodies Targeting Hematological Malignancies
- Monoclonal Antibodies Directly Targeting Antigens on Solid Tumours
- Monoclonal antibodies targeting the immune system
- Adoptive T Cell Therapies for Children’s Cancers
- NK Cell and NKT Cell Immunotherapy
- Cancer Vaccines in Pediatrics
- Immune Adjuvants and Cytokine Therapies
- Immune biomarkers in pediatric malignancies
- Future perspectives